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YOUTH’S REA LM, 
at only 35 cents, or subscribe yourself for one year, we will 
give you any TEN of the following books. Books are not 
for sale, and 6-months 5 subscriptions do not apply to this offer, 
starred numbers refer to works folded in paper, not book, form, but of same 
;ize as the rest. An easy way to secure new subscribers is for you to offer 
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*ou select for yourself five more for each subscriber thus obtained. Order 
d>ooks ONLY BY NUMBER to avoid delay in getting them. 

©. How to Perform Tricks of Sleight-of-hand. 

It reveals the secrets of the conjurer’s art, telling 




1000 Mixed foreign stamps 

given for one yearly subscription tfo 
The Youth’s Realm at 35c and 5c extra 
for postage and packing. Stamps are 
not sold separately. This is a much bet¬ 
ter mixture of Continentals than that 
usually sold by other dealers. We have 
purchased several barrels of these 
and offer them virtuallv free whilo **1^-1- Ins* *0 ndvortise.nur pvirr 


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fou how to do wonderful tricks with cards, coins, chemicals, etc. Full df- 
ections are also given for making the necessary apparatus. NO. 5- 

Sj^TT TT 4F4 *BTHow to do Electrical Exper- 

t A JL JL JL M 0 iments with apparatus easily 

nade at home. A most instructive book for the amateur, explaining the sil- 
rer-piatkig process, the batterv, electrophorus, magnet, leydenjar, ete.NO.il 
IffF A lO By Geo. E. Kilmer. Thrill- 

W -X dLJo L JL KJr Jull.1. JEa»5l* ing narratives of the Civil 
War, illustrated. __ NO. *50. 

A Collection of Rebuses, Charades, etc., 
lb dj illustrated. They will afford plenty of enter- 

aimnent for the home circle during the long winter evenings. NO. * 53 . 
fMdT\"WJT Charles’ Surprise, and After a 
HU JL Jo&g JL Fallen Star, by Joseph R. 

Simms, the popular author of juvenile works. NO. IO. 

The Hidden Box, by Wilbur 
JL wJfJoL jS. Olmstead. One of the best 

stories by this famous author. NO. 6. 

HPITR/tfll Jas ' E * Ait §reld. They' 

JL ^Hgr JL amuse the younger readers and 

teacn a good moral besides. N *. 1. 

sf# TATS3 Prices we Pay You for the U. S. Coins worth 

bJfc e over face value. Some coins you handle are rare ana 
you wantto know it. NO. 14. 

ii ^l'y TS*'ft nn g! i Household Receipts and Hints. The 
Xjii 1U4 m. J?r young housekeeper can get many good 

ideas from this work. _ NO. *558. 

STAMP DICTIONARY^;!" 

collectors. The most complete philatelic dictionary oi stamp words such as 
rouletted, grilled, embossed, wove, S.S.S.S., etc., etc., ever published. In 
fact it explains everything, and is worth 50c to any collector. NO. 7. 

gN Hra A How to Deal ill Postage Stamps. Many trade 

JL eQ K° '£ is x . secrets are here given away for the first time, It 

will interest any collector. NO. 9. 

©nn A Prices we Pay You for Postage Stamps, 

i /A i fl-JL kj . illustrated with cuts of rare and common varieties. 
If you have duplicates you need this catalogue. NO. 8. 

CkHP /Ik Queer Facts about Postage Stamps, giving 

A. rx-l vl-ir o* a great deal of information every intelligent col¬ 
lector should kn ow. NO. 3. 

gS PT1 A Where Dealers Get their Stamps, a secret 

A, A l tl-x never before made known to the public. It also 

tells where You can pick up a great many stamps free, and get large prices 
for some by selling them to dealers. NO. 12. 

Howto Perform Chemical Ex- 
11^ fff T*f *'l r JP p\ 3L • periments at Home. A fine labor¬ 
atory manual on tests for acids, how to make gases, explosives, etc., and a 
great variety of colored fires etc. for illuminations. Any boy can start a labor¬ 
atory by securing this book. NO. 2. 

■gr "IW Short Stories of Eincoln, by John Bid- 

J-j I rw yvJUial • path and others, illustrated. NO. *51. 

How to Make Toys, such as fire balloons, kites, bows 
JL Xmi and arrows, flying pigeons, etc., etc, NO. 13. 




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W e have prepared a special album for U. S. stamps, including the 
Omah l issue, with extra spaces for revenues, duplicates, etc. 

Il is heautifuliy bound in half cloth covers and printed on So-pound 
cream wove paper in a most artistic manner, making it an album any col¬ 
lector would be proud to own. The spaces for the U. S. stamps are des 
ignated by the proper date, color, and value of each specimen. The extra 
spaces in thoback are for foreign stamps, duplicates, etc. The entire book 
has been prepared by us at no little expense, but we propose to give a copy 
tree to each* .gent under the following conditions: When a party first 
writes for sheets we send him a pocket stamp album containing a free 
assortment of stamps. This album, although a most serviceable little 
book, must not be confounded with the large U. S. album we give later. 


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we return him, with new sheets, or goods ordered, one or more of our trade 
stamps, or purchase tickets, indicating the amount of his remittance in 
multiples of ten cents. That is, for every ten cents sent us we return one 
of our trading stamps. If a party sends thirty cents, he gets three, for in¬ 
stance, or for 45c four, etc. But when an agent wishes to discontinue his 
agency, or no goods are to be sent a remitter, we cannot send a purchase 
ticket for the last amount sent us unless a ic stamp is enclosed for return 
postage. As soon as you have twenty trade stamps send them back.to us, 
with Sc forpostage, and we will mail you this large U. S. album weighing 
nearly three-quarters of a pound. Now remember that this book is not the 
one you get when you first apply for an agency, but is yours after a little 
effort to introduce our goods. 

A Free Offer We flake to 

ALL OUR CUSTOMERS. 

In order to secure the names of all the stamp collectors in America, we 
offer, until further notice, to give away free an assortment of good foreign 
stamps to everyone sending us the name and full address (with street and 
number or post-ortice box) of every stamp collector known to him. If we 
do not already have on our list the names sent us, we will give for these names, 
ABSOLUTELY FREE, good stamps—our own selection,—in numbers 
varying according to the number of names sent us. 

IPiR.O'VTIDEID ^IST 

no matter how small, for anything sold by us is sent in che letter containing 
the list of names. Agents remitting us money also have the same privilege 
of sending us names. Of course the same name cannot be sent us but once, 
and it must be that of a genuine stamp collector. This offer is likely to be 
discontinued at any time, so send us an order at once, before it is too late to 
get these fine stamps free. 

A. BULLARD & CO., 

Publishers of THE YOUTH’S REALM, 

97 Pembroke St., BOSTON, MASS. 




















































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20 var. Italy 

"H ^ To all sending 2c postage 

Hi and reference for our fine 

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5 va Greece O. G:o8 
20 var Russia .09 
5 var Bolivia - .95 


20 var Peru .22 

14 var Hungary .06 

20 var Italy .08 

10 var Argentine .06 


The above 8 sets, 114 var., a bargain, 65c. 

EXCELSIOR STAMP GO., 

KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY. 

PER GENT Commission given 
H £ off cata. to those who sell stamps 
from bur app. sheets. Reference 
required. loo diff stamps ioc. Price list free. 

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SPRING 8 ALE 

me Varieties of pos- 

| £ y tage stamps, including 
jnany North Amer., British 
Colonial and old U. S. Cat. 
by Scott’s 59th at $1,50. 
r-- - d• Every stamp genuine and in 

good condit’n. Yours for 12 
unusdd U. S. 2c stps. 6 va Ceylon or So. Afr. 
Rep ioc. 5 va U.S. surchd Cuba 16c; the 6 
for 24c. The Northland Postage 
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private proprietary 
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$1. Full gum and per¬ 
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of all the new private 
proprietaries FREE for stamp. 

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2451 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ills, 
lc. ONE CENT MIXTURE lc 

The best on the market, suitable for dealers 
and collectors. Each 1000 contains about 200 
var., all clean, foreign stamps, fine for sheets, 
100 15c; 1000 1.10; 5000 5.00. Mex Rev ’92 
to 93, ic to 25c,-6 va 15c; 10 sets 1.25. Mex 
Rev ’-92-93, cus hos, ip-25p, 4 va 300:10 sets 
2.50.MX Rv’91-92 1-25C 6va 15c; 10 sets 1.25 
Joe B.Henderson, Columbus, Kan 

$1.24 FOR 15 CTS. 

A. set of Mexico 1890, 9 varieties, cat., by 
Scott’s 59th $1.24 for 15c and tlie names and 
addresses of two beginners and 2 c for post. 

20 var Italy, good set, only . . .10 c 

12 “ U, S.’98 Doc. Rev.iHU. Post 2c. 5c 

Foochow, picture stamp.................. 6 c 

California gold quarter charms, each 25c 

Japan post cards, entire....lc 

U. S. Columbians lc to 10c, set. 12c 

U. S. Omaha lc to 10c, set.....:.12c 

Samoa Express 8 va unused.......... 7c 

WHOLESALE 

10 sets Sardinia 6 va unused.15 

10 “ Chile Telegraph 3 va used...,,. ..15 

10 “ Roman States 10 va unused. 20 

1000 Hinges 8 c; 5000 ... 30 

100 fine blank approval sheets ........ .19 

Postage 2c extra, Price list free. We buy 
stamps. Send 2 e for Buying List, 

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NEWFOUNDLAND. 

6 var ioc 2 New Bruns’k 5c 
6J20 va Canada ioc 
^Canada spec’l mixture, over 30 
var., cata $2.50, per loo 25c 
(^Special Easter packet 125 var. 
j* choice foreign, cat $2, 20c 
hjCanada Revenues 8 var 5c 
t$Same, 15 var cata $1, 20c 
“ 20 “ “ $2, 30c 

“ 30 “ f, $3.50, 5 oc 

Canada entire post cards, first 
issue up to date, 6 var ioc 
50 va Brit Cols, grand value .25 
jyio va Mex’n rev’es cat $1, .15 
bp5 var for’gn “ “$2, .20 

o-Foreign post cards, all different, 
^ used and unused; 6 var ioc; 
io va 20c; 20 va 35c; 50 var 


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15 blank approval sheets andj^ 
500 best hinges, ioc 
1000 well mixed foreign stampi-${ 
25c. Postage 5c extra. 

Volunteer Stp Packet. 

In it: 100 var fine stps cat 2.00 
50 mixed Canada .75 

Mixed lot Can revs, entire 
post cards &'unused cards .75 
500 well mixed foreign stps .50] 
500 hinges, 10 blnk appl sht s.15 
Total value $4.15 
All above post free 40e 

in silver. Don’tmissit. ^ 

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Remit in silver. Cheapest ir 
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U.S. 1851 ic blue .15 


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1856 ic 
1861 ic 
1869 ic buff 
1871 icblue 
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Above 16 va ic 75 
’56 ioc green 25 
1861 2c black 03 
“ 24c lilac 25 
’68 2c grill 06 
’69 2c brown 10 
’71 6c carmine 10 
’73 2c brown 02 
’73 6c pink 04 
’73 roc brown 05 
’79 5c blue 03 
“ 6c pink 03 
“15c orange 10 
’82 5c brown 01 
’82 6c rose 05 
’83 4c green 01 
’87 3c verml’n 10 
’88 4c carmine 02 
“ 5c blue 02 
“ 30c org-brn 25 
’90 50c indigo 04 
“ 30c black 08 
Columb’s 1-ioc 15 
’94 50c orange 25 
’95 50c “ 10 

“ $1 black 35 
“ $2 saph 1.25 
Omaha i-ioc 15 
“ 50c gr’n 35 

’99 ic to 15c 06 
Treasury ic 10 


U.S. War ic 02 

“ 12c IC 

Spl. Dely 5 va 25 
Reven’e 6cI.E.io 
25c bond 07 
30c I. E. 05 
50c life in 05 
50c pas tk 10 
70c F.E. 05 
$1 E of G02 
$1 lease 05 
$1 life in 10 
$2 convey 10 
$2 mort 10 
$2.50 I.E.06 
$3 C. P. 10 
$3 manif 10 
$1 2d iss 08 
$1 3d iss 05 
Austria ’96 1 guld 05 
Barbados ’74 id 
1 gray blue 05 
Brazil ’83 ior org 01 
“ ioor lilac 02 
Bulgaria ’82 5s grn 01 
“ 15 vio 01 
’82 30 vit&grn 03 
Canada ’59 ic pink05 
’59 5c beaver 05 
’68 34 c black 
“ 3c red 
’72 6c brown 
’82 6c rich “ 

2c register 

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Cuba 1900 1 c grn 01 
2c carm’e 02 
Dan. W. I. ’73 5c 02 
“ ioc 02 
France ’78 5 fr 10 


Chile ’92 15c grn 


Germany ’75 2mk 05 
Gt Brit’n’72 3p rose 05 
’70 I-2p red03 
’80 I 2p grn 01 
’83 I-2p sl’t 01 
’83 2s6p 06 
’87 Iop 05 
“ 1sh 02 
Hawaii ’83 2c rose 03 
’99 2c carm 03 
Hungary ’88 1 fl 02 
India ’65 l-2a blue 01 
“ 8pieslil’co3 
“ 2a yellow 03 
’83 I rup gray 05 
“ 1 rup HMS06 
Italy ’89 I lire 02 
’75 2C on 75c 03 
’84 po pkt 50c 02 
“ “1.2508 

Jamaica ’71 1 blue 02 
’85 ip rose 02 
“ 2p gray 02 
Japan ’83 I yen 05 
'vlauritius’85 2c grn 01 
’85 4c carmine 01 
, ’95 iclil’c&blu 02 

Montenegro Tub 1 02 
N. S. Wales ’88 8p 10 
“ is 03 
New Zeal’d Jub ip 02 

“ 2p 02 

Norway ’63 4s blue 02 
’67 8s lake 10 
Queens’d’91 4p org 03 
6p grn 03 
So Af Rep ’96 ip 01 
SoAust ’80 4p violt 04 
Switzld’62 ioc blue 02 
Post’ge 2 c extra 
LIST FREE. 


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CHEAP STAMPS 

If you don’t need these send for iny new Price List (free) for other 
bargains.* - . _ My 


Cat. price 
Hawaii ’82 2c lilac rose .25 .12 

’83 2c rose 04 02 

U. S. rev ?d issue $i 

blue and black 10 06 

3d is $1 gr’n and blk 06 04 

’98 I. R. block type, 
unused, original gum 10 05 

Br. Honduras ’88 3c on 

3p brown 08 04 

’91 6c blue 06 03 

’95 5c blue 05 03 


Mv 
Cat. price 

Cape G. H. ’65 4 P blue 
. outer line 12 

Cape’79 3p on 3p lil’crose 12 
Curacao’73 2 i-2cand ioc 18 
’92 12 i-2c gr’n 04 
Gt. Britain ’70 1 i-2pred 05 
’80 ip and 1 1-2 rd-bn 06 
’83 1 i-2p and 3p lil’c 10 
’87-92 9p and lop 09 
Postage extra on orders under 50 
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__ y. 4 n Two one-half ct stamps for your name and ad- 
^SCM'M.b.Cm.xAgL dress. A 2c on 3c for two beginners’ addresses. 

Canada ’69-93 1-2 to 8c 7 vao4 j Foregoing 28 var. asst., pr 100 25 
’97 Jubilee 3 variet’so4 | Canada surcharged 2c, two var. 
’97 Maple leaf, 6 va 04 unused, 5c; used 02 

’98 Numerals 7 va 03 Registration 2c unused 05 

’98 Map 2c 3 var 02 i Above 28 va, cat over 50c, only 17 


Newfoundl’d ’80 2c unused 05 
Brit. Guiana’89-91 1, 2, 5c 02 


Orders under 30c postage 2 C. Bar¬ 
gain list FREE. All above are fine. 


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BOSTON, MASS. 


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give you 
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the following premiums FREE 
for selling 6 packages Ink Pow¬ 
der among your friends 
at 5c each: 100 fine stamps^ 
worth lc to ‘25c each ; Th 
Youth’s Realm 6 tnos.; lfc 
pens; leather pocket bk. 

We trust you with the powder 
and when sold will send premium. 
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UNUSED 

the set .12 
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Austria 1900 12 3 5 10 heller 
Hungary 19)0 l 2 34 5 6 10 heller 
Sarawak 19)0 2 8 12 Hie “ .35 

Bolivia 1899 1 2 5 10 20c “ .40 

French Offices in Alexandria 12 3 4 510 “ .10 

“ “ “ 15 20253)4050“ .60 

“ “ Port Said 12 3 4 5 10c “ .10 

“ “ “ 15 2025 30 40 50 “ .66 

Japanese Offices iu China 5r 1 2 3 4 5s set .20 
“ “ “ 8 10 15 20 25s “ .70 

Puei’to Rico 1898 4m.:.40 

40c. 45 

60c. 55 

80c... .75 

1 peso. 1.25 

10 per cent discount on the Puerto Ricos. 

Magnificent auction sale, March 28, 29, 30. 
Other auctions for this season: Herrick col¬ 
lection, April; Deats collection of U. S. rev’s 
May. Standard Stp Cata’g 58c post free. 80-p 
illustrated price list free on application. 

Scott Stamp and Coin Co., Ltd., 
IS E. 23d Street, New York. 

60 REVENUES 

Including 2c playing card, 3c proprietary, 5c 
agreement, 10c hill of lading, 25c entry of 
goods, $1.50 inland exchange, $2 conveyance, 
2.50 inland exchange, cat. value over 2.00. 

PRICE ONLY 50 CENTS. 

2c Certificate, perf, blue on orange, .15 

Stamps on approval, 50 p c dis. Price list free 

M. E. Viles, Boston, Mass. 

LITTLE FOLKS, published monthly, 10 cts a 
year. Little Folks, 185 Church St., Toronto. 

F HNE Packet 999, 5 c. Cat over 50c. Good 
sheets 50 p c. Exchange.536 W.61 sr..Chicago 

nnn Foreign stamps ioc. This packet con- 
/UU tains many desirable stamps, as So.Afr. 
Rep’c, Or. Free States, Transvaal, Natal, C. 
Good Hope and some duplicates. 

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FOR STAMP DEALERS 

All the Summer 

HY imagine that there is no profit in advertising your business during the summer months! 
It is in the vacation season that many collectors, busy the rest of the year with school or 
other work, find most of their time to devote to stamps either in making a collection or in 

selling stamps to their friend collectors.- Those who leave the cities for their summer vacation carry 
their stamp albums with them and enthuse their country cousins with a desire to collect too. And there¬ 
in some dealers are kept busy all through the summer months supplying these enthusiastic collectors 

with the stamps they demand. 

Other dealers complain of having nothing whatever to do. That is because the latter class practically 
refuse to do anything themselves towards keeping their business alive during three or more really profit¬ 
able months of the year. They have somehow got the notion that it does not pay to advertise in June, 
July and August. They close up the shutters to their store windows, and at the very sea¬ 
son of the year when the other species of the animal kingdom, as, for example, 
the busy bee, are doing their hardest day’s work, these spasmodic stamp dealers go into 
hibernation for a long season of rest—perhaps until snow blows,—after which they crawl 
out of their shell and again begin to show signs of life. 

Now to give everybody an opportunity to keep their business booming through the summer, and to 
meet these so-called “Summer Hibernators” half way, we shall CUT DOWN the advertising rates 
of THE YOUTH’S REALM to only 

$2.10 per Inch for Three Insertions 

namely, in the June, July, and August issues, and to $1.12 per | inch for 3 insertions as above, and to 
25c per line for the same three insertions. 

Rates for single insertion, 90c an inch, 45c per 4 inch, 10c per line. 

- ; These three issues will not only be sent to THOUSANDS OF SUBSCRIBERS who collect stamps, but 

as sample copies they tvill be mailed to MANY THOUSAND COLLECTORS, young and old ones, ad¬ 
vanced collectors and beginners, members of stamp societies and stamp agents, all over the country, to 
do missionary work for the cause of Philately. SEND OOPY NOW TO 

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VOL. VI. 


A. BULLARD & CO., 
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BOSTON, MASS- APRIL. 1900. 


35 AND 50 CENTS A 
YEAR, IN ADVANCE. 


NO. 4 



STORY OF THE CALIPH STORK, 
-ft By Wilhelm Hauff. * 




The Caliph Chasid of Bagdad was sit¬ 
ting one hne summer afternoon comfort¬ 
ably on hi.s divan; he had. slept a little, 
for it was a sultry day, and he looked 
quite refreshed after his nap. He smoked 
a long rosewood pipe, sipped now arid 
then a little coffee which a slave poured 
out for him, and stroked hisi beard con¬ 
tentedly whenever he had enjoyed it. In 
short, it could be seen at a glance that 
the Caliph felt very comfortable. At 
such a time it was easy to approach him, 
as he was very good-tempered and af¬ 
fable, wherefore his Grand Vizier Man- 
sor visited him every day albout this 
lime. This afternoon he came as usual, 
looking however very grave, a rare thing 
for him. The Caliph took the pipe out 
of his mouth and said: “Why dost thou 
make so grave a face, Grand Vizier?’’ 
The Grand 1 Vizier folded his arms across 
his breast, bowed to his master and an¬ 
swered: “Master! whether I assume a 
grave appearance I know not, but down 
below in the palace stands a pedlar who 
has such fine wares that it vexes me that 
I have no money to spare.” 

The Caliph, who had long desired to 
rejoice the heart of his Grand Vizier, or 
dered his black slave to fetch the pedlar. 
In a few moments the slave returned 
with him. He was a little stout man, 
swarthy in the face, and dressed in rags. 
He carried a box in which he had all 
sorts of wares, pearls, and rings, pistols 
with richly-inlaid stocks, goblets, and 
combs. The Caliph and his Vizier in¬ 
spected everything, and the Caliph at 
last bought for himself and Vizier a pair 
of pistols, and for the Vizier’s wife a 
comb. As the pedlar was about to close 
his box again, the Caliph caught Slight 
of a little drawer, and asked whether it 
also contained some wares. The pedlar 
pulled out the drawer, and exhibited a 
snuff-box containing a black powder 
and a piece of paper with peculiar writ¬ 
ing on it, which neither the Caliph nor 
Mansor could read. “These things were 
given to me one day by a merchant who 
found them in the streets of Mecca,” 
said the pedlar; “I know not what they 
are; but you may have them for a small 
sum, for they are of no use to me.” The 
Caliph, who was very fond of having old 
manuscripts in his library, though un¬ 
able to read them, bought both paper 
and bbx and dismissed the pfedlar. The 


Caliph, however, thought he would like 
to know what the writing meant, and 
asked the'Vizier if he did not know any¬ 
body who might decipher it. “Most 
gracious lord and master,” answered the 
latter, “near, the Great Mosque lives a 
man called Selim the learned; he knows 
ail languages. Send for him; perhaps 
he can explain these mysterious signs.” 

The learned Selim soon arrived. 
“Selim,” said the Calph to him, “Selim, 
it is said that thou art very learned. 
Just look at this writing whether thou 


eanst read it; if thou canst read it, thou 
gettest a new robe of honour from me; 
if thou canst not, thou gettest twelve 
boxes 1 on the ears and twenty-five lashes 
on the soles of the feet, for having been 
called Selim the learned without cause.” 
Selim bowed and said: “Thy will be 
done, O Master!” For a long time he 
looked at the writing; suddenly, how¬ 
ever, he exclaimed: “That is Latin, O 
Master, or let me be hung!” “Say what 
it means,” demanded the Caliph, “if it is 
Latin.” 

Selim, began to translate: “Man who 
findeth this, praise Allah for his good¬ 
ness. He who takes a pinch of this pow¬ 
der in this box and therewith says ‘Muta- 
bor,’ can change himself into any ani¬ 
mal, and also understand the language 



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of animals. If he afterwards wish to re¬ 
sume his human form, let him bow thrice 
to East and say the same word. But 
beware w 7 hen thou art changed, that 
thou laughest not, or the magic word 
departest from) thy memory for ever, 
and thou remainest a beast.” 

When Selim the learned had read this, 
the Caliph was pleased beyond measure. 
He made the learned man swear not to 
reveal the secret to anyone, presented 
him with a splendid robe and dismissed 
him,. Then turning to his Grand Vizier 
he said: ‘‘This I call getting a bargain, 
Mansor! How glad I am at being able 
to become an animal! Come thou to me 
to-morrow morning. We will then go 
together into the fields, take a pinch out 
of the box and then listen to what is said 
in the air and the water, in wood and 
field.” 

Next morning, scarcely had the Caliph 
Chasid breakfasted and dressed himself. 
When already the Grand Vizier ap¬ 
peared as ordered, to accompany him on 
his walk. The Caliph put the box with the 
magic powder in his girdle, and after 
having ordered his suite to remain be¬ 
hind, he and the Grand Vizier set out 
alone on the journey. They first passed 
through the large gardens of the Caliph, 
but looked in vain for any living thing 
on which to try the experiment. The 
Vizier at last proposed to pursue their 
journey to a pond, where he had often 
seen many animals, especially storks, 
whose grave manners and clappings had 
always excited his attention. 

The Caliph approved of the Vizier’s 
proposal and went with him towards the 
pond. Having arrived there, they saw a 
©fork slowly pacing up and down look¬ 
ing for frogs, and chattering something 
now and then to itself. At the same mo¬ 
ment they saw far up in the sky another 
stork hovering in this direction. 

“I wager my beard, most gracious 
Master,” said the Grand Vizier, ‘‘this 
long-legged pair, are now having a pleasi- 
ant talk. How would it be if we turned 
into storks?” 

“Wisely spoken,” replied the Caliph. 
But first, let us consider once more how 
we may become men again. It is easy 
enough. If we bow thrice to the east, 
and say Mutabor, I shall be Caliph and 
thou Grand Vizier again. But for heav¬ 
en’s sake no laughing, or we are lost.” 

While the Caliph spoke thus>, he saw 
the other stork hovering over their 
heads, and slowly alighting on the 
ground. Quickly he snatched the box 
from his girdle, took a hearty pinch, 
gave the box to the Grand Vizier, who 
did the like, and both exclaimed “Muta¬ 
bor!” 

Then their legs shrivelled and became 
thin and red, the beautiful yellow slip¬ 
pers of the Caliph and his Vizier changed 
into ugly storks’ feet, their arms grew 
into wings, their necks shot up from their 
shoulders and reached a yard in length; 
their beards vanished and soft feathers 
covered their bodies. 

“You have a pretty beak, Mr. Grand 
Vizier,” said the Caliph after a long sur¬ 
prise. “By the beard of the Prophet, I 
have never seen such things in my life!” 
“Thanks humbly,” replied the Vizier 
bowdng; “but if I might dare to say it, I 
should avow that your Highness looks 
almost handsomer as a stork than a 
'Caliph. But come, if it pleases you, let 
us listen to our comrades yonder and 
hear if we really speak sitorkish.” 

Meanwhile the other stork had reached 
the ground. It cleaned its feet with its 
beak, settled its feathers and walked 
up to the first stork. The two new storks 


hastened to get near them, and to their 
surprise heard the following conversa¬ 
tion: “Good morning. Madam Long- 

legs! You are early on the meadows.” 
“Thank you, dear Clapper-beak! I have 
been to get a iittle breakfast. Would 
you like to have a quarter of a lizard j 
or a little leg of a frog?” “Much 
obliged; but I have no appetite this 
morning. Besides, I have come upon 
quite a different errand on the meadow. 

I am to dance before my father’s guests j 
today, and I want to practice a little 
quietly.” 

Thereupon the young stork began to 
caper about the field in peculiar move¬ 
ments. The Caliph and Mansor watched j 
her, very much surprised. But when 
she stood on one leg in a picturesque at¬ 
titude, and fluttered her wings to in¬ 
crease the effect, neither of them could 
resist any longer; laughter without stop¬ 
ping burst from their beaks, from whicl. 
they only recoverd a long time after- : 
wards. The Caliph was the first to re- j 
cover self-possession: “That was a j 
joke,” he exclaimed, “which cannot be 
bought for gold. What a pity the stupid 
animals should have been scared by our \ 
laughter, else they would also have j 
sung, to be sure!” 

But now it occurred to the Gran.’ I 
Vizier that laughing during the enchant¬ 
ment was forbidden. He therefore com¬ 
municated his fears to the Caliph. “By 
Mecca, and Medina, that would be a bad 
joke if I were to remain a stork! Do 
bethink thee of the stupid word; I can¬ 
not recall it.” 

“Three times we must bow to the east 
and say: Mu—Mu—Mu.” 

They turned towards the east and kept 
on bowing continually till their beaks 
nearly touched the ground. But, alas! 
the magic word had escaped them, and 
as often as the Caliph bowed* and how¬ 
ever eagerly his Vizier added Mu—Mu—, 
yet every recollection of it had gone, 
and the poor Chasid and his Vizier were 
and remained storks. 

Sadly wandered the enchanted ones 
through the fields, not knowing what 
they should do in their misery. They 
could not discard their stork-plumage, 
nor could they return into the town and 
make themselves known, for who would 
have believed a stork that he was a 
Caliph? and even if one had believed it, 
would the inhabitants of Bagdad accept 
a stork for a Caliph ? 

Thus they wandered about for several 
days, living miserably on the fruits of the 
field, which they, however, could not 
swallow very well on account of their 
long beaks. As for lizards and frogs, 
their stomachs would not relish such 
food; besides, they were afraid of spoil¬ 
ing their appetite with such tid-bits. 
Their only pleasure in their sad situa¬ 
tion was that they could fly, and thus 
they flew often to the high roofs of Bag¬ 
dad to see what was going on in the 
town. 

• During the first days they remarked 
great uneasiness and grief in the streets. 
But on the fourth day of their enchant¬ 
ment, while sitting on the roof of the 
Caliph’s palace, they saw down below 
in the street a splendid array. The 
drum© and fifes played; a man dressed 
in a gold-embroidered scarlet mantle 
rode a rich-caparisoned horse, sur¬ 
rounded by a gaudy train of servants. 
Half Bagdad rushed about him, and 
everybody shouted: “Hail, Mizra! the 
ruler of Bagdad! M 

Then the two storks upon the roof of 
the palace looked at each other, and the 
Caliph Chasid said: “Do you gUes© now 


why I am enchanted, Grand Vizier? 
Mizra is the sun of my mortal enemy, 
the mighty Magician Kaschnur, who in 
an evil hour swore revenge on me. But 
still I do not despair. Come with me, 
thou faithful companion of my misery; 
we will betake ourselves to the grave of 
the Prophet; perhaps at that sacred 
shrine the magic may be dispelled.” 

They rose from the roof of the palace 
and flew towards Medina. 

They did not succeed very well in theif 
flying, for the two storks had as yet very 
little practice. “O Master!” sighed the 
Grand Vizier after a couple of hours’ 
flight, “with your leave I can hold out 
no longer; you fly too swiftly for me! 
Besides, it is dark already, and we 
should do well to seek shelter for the 
night.” 

Chasid listened to the request of his 
servant; and seeing beneath them in the 
valley some x*uins which promised 1 a 
lodging, they flew towards it. The place 
where they had settled for the night 
seemed formerly to have been, a castle. 
Splendid pillars rose from among the 
ruins; several chambers which were still 
tolerably preserved testified to the by¬ 
gone splendor of the building. Chasid 
and his companion strolled through the 


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passages- in search of some dry nook, 
when suddenly the stork Mansor stopped. 
“Lord and Master,” he whispered below 
his breath, “were it not foolish for a 
Grand Vizier, and still more so for a 
stork to fear ghosts! I feel very un¬ 
easy, for close by some one sighed and 
groaned quite distinctly.” The Caliph 
now also stopped, and heard quite plain¬ 
ly a low sob, w'hich seemed rather to 
come from a man than an animal. Full 
of anxiety, he wanted to go towards the 
spot whence proceeded the sound of sor¬ 
row; but the Vizier seized him by the 
wing with his beak and begged him en- 
treateningly not to rush upon new and 
unknown perils. But all was of no avail. 
The Caliph, who bore a brave heart be¬ 
neath his stork plumage, tore himself 
away with the loss of some feathers, and 
ran towards a gloomy passage. Soon he 
came to a door which was ajar, and be¬ 
hind which he heard distinct sighs and 
moans. He pushed open the door with 
his beak, but stopped on the threshold 
In astonishment. In the ruined cham¬ 
ber, which was only dimly lighted by a 
little iron-barred window, he saw a 
great night owl sitting on the ground. 
Heavy tears rolled out of its large round 
eyes, and with a hoarst voice it uttered 
its moans from its hooked beak. But 
when it saw the Caliph and his Vizier, 
who had also come up in the meantime, 
it gave a loud cry of joy. Elegantly it 
wiped the tears from its eye with its 
brown-flecked wings, and to the great 
amazement of both, it cried in good hu¬ 
man Arabic: “Welcome, ye storks; you 
are a good omen to me of my deliverance, 
for through storks I am to be lucky, as it 
was once foretold me.” 

When the Caliph had recovered from 
his astonishment, he bowed with his long 
neck, set his thin legs in a graceful posi¬ 
tion, and said: “Night-owl! from thy 
words I believe that I see a fellow-suf¬ 
ferer. But alas! thy hope of deliverance 
through us is in vain. Thou wilt recog¬ 
nize our helplessness in hearing our 
tale.” The night-owl begged him to re¬ 
late it, and the Caliph commenced to 
relate what we already know. 

When the Caliph had related his story 
to the owl she thanked him, and said: 
“Now listen to my tale, and hear how I 
am no less unlucky than thyself. My 
father is the king of the Indies; I, his 
only unhappy daughter, am called Lusa. 
That Magician Kaschnur, who has en¬ 
chanted you, has also brought misfor¬ 
tune upon me. One day he came to my 
father and asked me in marriage for his 
son Mizra. But my father, who is a 
fiery man, had him thrown downstairs. 
The wretch knew how to approach me 
again under another shape, and one day, 
while I was taking some refreshments! in 
my garden, he administered to me, dis¬ 
guised as a slave, a draught, which 
changed me into this hideous shape. 
Fainting from fear, he brought me hith¬ 
er and shouted with a terrible voice into 
my ear: ‘Here shalt thou remain de¬ 
testable, abhorred even by beast, to thy 
end, or till one of free will, himself in 
this horrid form, asks thee to be his wife. 
And thus I revenge myself on thee and 
on thy haughty father/ 

“Since then many months have passed. 
Lonely and sadly I live as a recluse with¬ 
in these ruins, shunned »by the world, a 
scarecrow even to beasts; beautiful na¬ 
ture is hidden from me, for I am blind 
at daylight, and only when the moon 
pours its wan light over the ruins does 
the obscuring veil drop from my eyes.” 

When the owl had finished, she again 
Continued on page 6 



The Boston Elevated Railway Com¬ 
pany is the only transportation com¬ 
pany in this country which attempts to 
operate a surface, subway and elevated 
railway system and run all three 
in conjunction with ore another. 
Although the elevated road has not 
yet been put in operation it is in 
process of construction and before many 
months will be ready for travel. Some 
account of the building of this road, 
which is constructed entirely of iron, 
erected over one of the main thorough¬ 
fares of the city, was given in the Feb¬ 
ruary number of the ‘‘REALM,” which 
we refer our readers to in connection 
with this article. 

The elevated road, when completed, 
will connect with Boston's' famous sub¬ 
way. Trains after passing over the ele¬ 
vated will gradually descend into the 
long tunnel which stretches out under 
the business portion of the city, where 
an elevated road would be in the way, 
and again ascend to the elevated por¬ 
tion, which has been erected at the op¬ 
posite end of the subway. The Boston 
subway, which is one and a half miles 
in length, was built by the city in 1897, 
at an expense of several milllion dollars, 
for the exclusive use of the street cars. 
It is reached through magnificent gran¬ 
ite entrances erected at various points 
along the route. 

Unimpeded by the traffic on the street, 
the cars run swiftly through the sub¬ 
way, saving passengers half the time 
it originally required to travel the same 
distance on the surface line. To further 
increase the speed of the cars no grade 
crossings have been allowed in the sub¬ 
way, and wherever it was necessary for 
tracks to cross each other the use of a 
“sub-subway” has been resorted to. As 
the name implies, the sub-subway is a 
tunnel built underneath the original 
one, and. cars running through this cross 
under the tracks of the main line, thus 
avoiding any possibility of a collision. 

The motive power used for propelling 


the ears both on the surface and in the 
subway is electricity received from over¬ 
head wires running parallel to the 
tracks. The power on the elevated will 
be taken from a third rail heavily 
charged with electricity. A power house 
with a capacity of 28,000 horse-power is 
to be built for the elevated section. 

In 1853, when street cars were first 
used in Boston, the propelling powder 
was furnished by horses, and travel was 
slow 7 and uncertain until 1888, when elec¬ 
tricity was introduced. Half a century 
ago a few cars carried all the people who 
cared to ride. Today it takes 1400 cars 
to carry the 500,000 daily passengers over 
the 330 miles of tracks in Boston and 
vicinity. If placed in one straight line 
these tracks would reach from Boston to 
Philadelphia. 

When the elevated road, with its nu¬ 
merous branches and one or possibly two 
more subways are built, as now pro¬ 
posed, the system will be further extend¬ 
ed until many of the outlying towns will 
be brought into close connection with 
Boston, and the size of the city corre¬ 
spondingly enlarged. Bostonians will 
look with pride upon its finely equipped 
system of street passenger conveyance, 
which, in several respects', will then be 
the best in the world. 


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clerk remarked sympathetically that 
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THE STORY OF THE CALIPH STORK. 

Continued from page 5 . 
wiped her eyes with her wings, for the 
story of her woes had moved her to tears. 

The Caliph, by the story of the Prin¬ 
cess, was plunged into deep thought. “If 

I am not mistaken,” said he, “there is 
between our misfortune a secret connec¬ 
tion; but where can I find the key to this 
riddle?” The owl answered him; “O 
Master! such is also my belief; for once 
in my infancy a wise woman foretold of 
me that a stork should bring me great 
fortune, and I know one way by which 
we may free' ourselves.” The Caliph 
was very much surprised, and asked 
what way she meant. “The enchanter 
who has made us both unhappy,” said 
she, “comes once every month to these 
ruins. Not far from here is a hall where 
he holds orgies with numerous compan¬ 
ions. Often have I spied him there. They 
then relate to one another their wild 
deeds. Perhaps he may pronounce the 

magic word which you have forgotten.” 
“O dearest Princess,” exclaimed the 
Caliph, “say when comes he, and where 
is the hall?” 

The owl was silent a moment, and then 
said: “You must not take it ill, but only 
on one condition can I fulfil your wish.” 
“Speak out, speak out,” cried Chasid. 
“Command all, everything of me.” 

“It is this, that I may also become free, 
which can only be if one of you offer me 
his hand.” 

The stork seemed somewhat taken 
aback at this p roposition, and the Caliph 
beckoned to his servant to go out with 
him a little. 

“Grand Vizier,” said the Caliph out¬ 
side, “this is a sorry bargain, but you 
might take her.” “Indeed!” answered 
the Grand Vizier, “that my wife when 
I come home may scratch out my eyes? 
Besides, I am an old man, while you are 
still young and single, and could better 
give your hand to a young and fair Prin¬ 
ce ss.’* 

“That is just it,” sighed the Caliph, 
whilst sadly drooping his wings. “Who 
then has told thee that she is young and 
fair? That is buying a pig in a poke.” 


They devised one with the other for a 
long time. At last, however, when the, 
Caliph saw that his Vizier would rather 
remain a stork than wed the owl, he re¬ 
solved to fulfil the condition himself. 
The owl was immensely pleased- She 
confessed to them that they could not 
have come at a more favorable time, for 
the enchanters were very likely to as¬ 
semble that night. 

She quitted the chamber with the 
storks to lead them to the hall. They 
went for a long time through a gloomy 
passage; at length, through a half-fallen 
wall, gleamed a bright light towards 
them. Having arrived there, the owl ad¬ 
vised them to remain perfectly quiet. 
They could, through the gap near where 
they stood, overlook the great hall. It 
was supported all round by pillarst, and 
splendidly decked. Many brilliant col¬ 
oured lamps replaced the light of day. 
In the centre of the hall was a round ta¬ 
ble, covered with many choicest meats. 
Round this table was a couch, on which 
sat eight men. In one of these men the 
storks recognized the pedlar who had 
sold them the magic powder.- His neigh¬ 
bour asked him to relate his latest deeds. 
Amongst others he also related the story 
of the Caliph and his Vizier.- 

“What sort of word has thou given 
them?” asked another enchanter. “A 
very difficult Latin one, namely, ‘Muta- 
bor.’ ” 

When the storks heard this at their 
hole in the wall they were nearly beside 
themselves with joy. They ran on their 
long legs so quickly to the threshold of 
the ruins that the owl could hardly follow 
them. There the Caliph addressed the 
owl with emotion; “Deliverer of my life 
and of the life of my friend, accept mein 
eternal gratitude for your spouse for 
that which thou hast done for us.” He 
then turned to the East. Thrice the 
storks bowed their long necks * 1 to the sun, 
which just then was rising behind the 
mountains. “Mutabor!” they exclaimed; 
and straightaway they were changed, 
and in the great joy of- their new-sent 
life master and servant fell into each 
other’s arms laughing and- crying. But 
who can describe their astonishment on 
turning around ? A lovely lady, grand¬ 
ly dressed, stood before them. Smiling, 
she gave her hand to the Caliph. “Do 
you no longer recognize your night- 
owl?” she said. It was she. The Caliph 
was so charmed with her beauty and 
grace, that he exclaimed 1 * * * * ; “My greatest 
fortune Was that of having been a stork.” 

The three now travelled together to¬ 
wards Bagdad. The Caliph found in his 
clothes not only the box with the magic 
powder, but also his purse. He there¬ 
fore bought in the nearest village what 
was needful for their journey, and So 
they soon came to the gates of Bagdad. 
But there the arrival of the Caliph 
caused much surprise. People had be¬ 
lieved him dead, and they therefore were 
highly pleased to have again their be¬ 
loved ruler. 

All the more however burned their 
hatred towards the imposter Mizra. 
They entered the palace and took pris¬ 
oner the old enchanter and his son. The 
Caliph sent the old man to the same 
chamber in the ruins that the Princess 
had lived in as an owl, and had him 
hanged there 7 . But for the son, who 
knew nothing of his father’s art, the 
’Caliph gave the choice whether he would 
die or snuff. And when he chose the 
latter, the Grand Vizier handed him the 
box. A good strong pinch and the magic 
word Of the Caliph changed! him into a 
stork. The Caliph had him shut up in 


an iron cage and placed in his ghrdeh. 

Long and happy lived the Calph Cha-" 
ski with.his wife the Princess. His most 
pleasant 1 hours Were always those when 
the Grand Vizier visited him during the 
afternoon; then they Very frequently 
spoke of their stork adventures, and 
when the Caliph was very jovial, he 
amused himself with imitating the Grand 
Vizier when he was a stork. He strut¬ 
ted up and down the chamber with stiff 
legs, clapped, fluttered his arms as 
though they were Wings, and Showed 
how vainly the 1 latter had turned'to the 
East crying all'the while Mu—Mu'. This 
entertainment was at all times a great 
pleasure to Madiame Caliph and her chil¬ 
dren; but when the Caliph kept on clap¬ 
ping a little too long, and nodded, and 
cried Mu-Mu, then the Vizier threat-” 
ened him, smiling, that he would com¬ 
municate to Madam Caliph what had 
been discussed outside the door of the 
Night Owl Princess. 


THE FROG .AND THE FISH. . 

arksmanship is not confined to human 
beings. Some of the lower ani¬ 
mals possess the gift. A frog ri 
shoot out liis tongue like lightning "a 
what appears to be a distance of sev¬ 
eral inches, knock over an urisuspect-' 
aig fly, arid swallorv it before the poor 
insect realizes that anything is wrong. 
But perhaps as there is no separate • 
missile here, one can hardly call it 
marksmanship pure and simple. The 
case is different with the archer fish, 
an inmate of the East Indian seas. 
The fish, which is only six or seven 
inches in length, depends for its living, 
on the straightness of its aim. The 
“archer” raises its mouth just above, 
the surface of the water near a piece 
of seaweed or water grass, arid w r aits 
Its opportunity. Presently a fly or other 
insect comes along, and settles on the 
grass or seaweed. The “archer” there¬ 
upon jroiects a drop of writer swiftly 
in the direction of the insect, and al¬ 
most always succeeds in knocking it 
from its perch into the water, where 
it is easily captured. So neat is the 
trick that the Chinese in Java ma’-e a 
pet of the fish in order that they may 
have the amusement of w r atchlng him 
pot his game. 


& Song for Easter & 

C HRIST the Lord is risen 
to-day, 

Sons of men and angels say: 
Raise your joys and triumphs 

' 'high, 

Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 


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THE REALM 

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T HE WARMEST MEAL on record on 
Puget Soiind'wris eaten near Buenna, on 
the east' shore of the sound "between 
Taeoma and Seattle. The feaster was 
a member of the bruin family and 
beehives loaded with honey and living, 
stinger-loaded horiev-makers was the 
bill of fare: 

Mr. Bruin was not at all backward 
in helping himself, and. when the feast 
wag done he had swallowed the honey 
and bees of one-hive and part of those 
of .a, second. Ha* heft nothing to tell 
the tale except’ his footprints on the 
sand, the partially demolished hive and 
the home, and remainder of the home¬ 
stead, together with the doctor, who is 
busy explaining how it happened and 
congratulating himself upon his for¬ 
tunate escape. 


The story cf two Java sparrows de¬ 
serves to be repeated just as M. Milne- 
Edwards, of the; Paris Aviary, gives 
it:—They are both hens and in the 
same aviary with a parrot which took 
dislike to one of. them. One day the 
parrot picked a quarrel with one of the 
sparrows, and broke its leg with a 
blow of its beak. The poor little thing 
lav shivering on the ground, to the 
evident grief of the companion bird. 
She went about, picking up straws, 
feathers, and leaves to make a bed 
for the invalid. She accomplished 
wonders of dexterous management in 
lifting up the feathered sufferer and 
placing - it on the couch. But the 
weather was cold at night. The 
charitable bird placed itself beside the 
one with the broken leg and extended 
a wing over it to keep it warm. The 
position must- have been uncomforta¬ 
ble, riot to say painful, but M. Milne- 
Edwards never came at night to see 
how ..“this feathered sister of charity” 
was behaving without finding it with 
Its wing lovingly extended The in¬ 
valid died. The other bird began to 
mope, lost appetite, withdrew into a 
corner, drooped, and died also. 

p>e flbagical ftnot. 

A very amusing trick, consisting in 
simply tying one knot with two ends 
of a handkerchief, and, by apparently 
pulling the ends, untying them again. 

Take two ends of the handkerchief, 
one: in each hand, the ends dropping 
from the inside of your hands. You 
simply tie a single knot, when your 



the position shown in the cut. In¬ 
stead qf pulling the ends C and D, 
grasp that part marked B with your 
thupb and forefinger, dropping the end 
D, and pulling upon the end C and the 
bend B, when, instead of really tying, 
yoti 'ufilriosen the knot. 

All this should be done as quickly as 
po&sibiriy To prevent » detection. Ex- 
amipe the engraving closely, and you 
wirimOre readily understand the ex- 
olanation. 


THE PUZZLER 


No. 353.—A Riddle. 

On ocean’s strand in fountain spray 
Or on the prairie green 
I catch the sun’s most brilliant ray 
Or mirror moonlight sheen. 

I rise to heights untried by men 
And tremble, tempest tossed, 
Only to fall to earth again; 

Though wandering, never lost. 


No. 354. —Illustrated Final Acrostic# 



When the eight objects in the above il¬ 
lustration have been rightly guessed and 
the names—which are of unequal length 
—written one below the other, the final 
letters will spell the name of a famous 
scientist.—St. Nicholas. 

No. 355.—Hidden Proverb. 

Select one word from each sentence: 

If it is a fine day tomorrow, we will go 
to Brighton. 

There is a fair at London. 

We caught the first train. 

Did you go away last year? 

Please don’t go. 

They always succeed. 

They do not try. 

' We are going again. 


Ike? to the pu33ler. 


O. 348.—Hidden Animals: I, Rat. 2. 
Hare. 3. Rabbit. 4. Hen. 

No, 349.—Old Peter’s Problem: 6-9, 
which is still 6-9 when the figures are 
inverted. 

No, 350.—Pictured Diamond: L, hen, 
level, net, L. 

No. 351—Behead and Curtail: Smites, 
mite, it. 

No. 352.—Charade: Alcott. 

Electro magnets capable of picking 
up a load not exceeding five tons are 
used by one of the great steel com¬ 
panies to transfer steel beams or plates 
from one part of a shop to another. 

Dawson City now nas iwo newspa¬ 
pers—-the Yukon Midnight Sun and the 
Klondike Nugget. Both are weeklies 
and are sold at 50 cents a copy. 


You Can Get 

A year’s subscrip¬ 
tion to tli e 

YOUTH’S REALM 

absolutely free 

of all cost. Every 
agent remitting 10c 
or over for stamps 
sold from sheets is 
given a purchase 
ticket and one for every additional 10c. 
When you have rec’d. 15 of these tickets re¬ 
turn them to me and your name will he en¬ 
tered for a full year. 

Send for sheets to-day at 50 per cent. 
Other valuable premium. List free. 

igr” Specials for Easter, 


5 va Bergedorf, unused.5c 

4 ‘ ‘ Mexico, “ .5c 

50c orange U. S. 8c 

5c blue Confederate. 5c 


New 1900 list, 22 pages, pricing nearly 100 
different packets and sets-FREE. 

Samuel P. Hughes, neb"bx*«. 

f REE A beautiful ( red and black) 
$10 Monticello broken bank note con¬ 
taining the portrait of Thomas Jeffer¬ 
son and his home Monticello. This note is 
FREE with each order enclosing 10c for a 
copy of my 20 page catalogue of Confederate 
stamps and old paper money. 

IR.H.IP ettrick Lorraine, Va 

A DDQnVAl SHEETS - Tr y ours at 

^‘^rrnUlAL Soper cent commission. 

TAYLOR STAMP CO., 

66 W. Tupper Street., BUFFALO, N. Y. 

J. H. Houston, Dealer in U. S. 
POSTAGE, DEPARTMENT, 

AND REVENUE STAMPS. 

205 Penn Ave., Washington, D.C. 

(Breat Bargain packet. 

M ADE to introduce our splendid line of 
packets etc. It contains 50 stamps 
from all parts of the world, Hawaii, 
Playti, Cuba, China, etc. Price only 25 cts. 
The above packet contains no revenues or 
trash. Catalogue price over $1.00. Great 

value. Order one. John H. FASSITT, 
2209 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. 

xIE KEW YORK PHILATEL¬ 
IST. Subscription 
25c a year. 

One sample copy free. 

Published at 

106 East 111 tli Street., 

NEW YORK CITY,.N. Y. 

UNEED A IRb Fountain 

PEN Only FIFTY CENTS. Lasts a lifetime. 

STANDARD SPECIALTY CO„ 

100 Carroll Street, Paterson, N. T. 

CENTS FREE to everyone sending 
their name and address on a postal for a 
selection of our sheets. NATIONAL STAMP 
CO., ion Russell St., Covington, Ky. 

Yar. foreign stamps, .05 

100 varieties “ “ .10 

200 “ <s “ ,25 

Malta J^d green unused .03 

Gambia id red.. 04 

Hawaii ic green..03 

Newf’dl’d 2c orange, codfish, unused, .05 

Postage extra. List free. Clark W. BROWN, 

516 Irving Ave., SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

Trs /TxTrvPr* 'n sr\ t si\sT\sf\ 

t NEW WHOLESALE LIST ^ 

1 \T7 just issued sent on application to ' 

^ Stamp Dealers Only. Apply to— 

^ Win. v. d. Wettern, Jr., 411 W. Sara- V 
/ p toga St., Baltimore, Md. t 

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Written for The Youth’s Realm. 

THE STAMP REPAIR SHOP. 


T has been a standing ques¬ 
tion, ever since stamp col¬ 
lecting was introduced, as to 
whether damaged stamps 
have any commercial value. 
Ever since envelopes were 
cut square collectors have 
asked if cut-round specimens 
are worth anything. As to 
the latter, several authorities 
have decided that a cut-round 
envelope, otherwise perfect, is worth 
just half of a cut-square variety. 

When it comes to damaged stamps the 
question is a harder one to> answer. Some 
collectors hold that a used stamp is not 
perfect unless the cancellation is light, 
and that every perfect stamp Should be 
well centered, and even in color, and if 
a perforated variety that the perforation 
should be on all sides. However, we 
find that catalogue values refer to aver¬ 
age specimens and not to extra-fine 
ones; also that the name of “condition 
crank” has been applied to the person 
who is too particular about the condition 
of his stamps,—all of which leads us to 
believe that the average philatelist con¬ 
siders a stamp slightly off centre or even 
quite heavily cancelled as good enough. 
With torn stamps the question is dif¬ 
ferent. Of course they cannot be worth 
full value, but for that reason we do not 
believe they should be considered value¬ 
less. We believe that a mere fragment of 
a very rare stamp should be worth some¬ 
thing, and considerably more the dam¬ 
aged specimen that can be repaired. 

The fact that damaged stamps* are put 
up for sale and actually sold at all the 
large auctions proves that an intrinsic 
value may be attached to these stamps. 
We are told that a rare Hawaiian 13c 
stamp skilfully mended by a European 
stamp doctor once sold for $1000. 

So neatly have some badly-tom 
stamps been mended that it would be 
almost impossible to distinguish them- 
from perfect specimens. Cut-round en¬ 
velopes are mounted on square pieces of 
paper of the exact shade* and texture of 
the Original envelope. A hole nearly the 
size of the envelope stamp is cut out in 
the centre of the Square piece of paper 
on which the envelope is to be mounted. 
The edges of the envelope are then 
rubbed to the thinness of tissue pa¬ 
per with emery and the stamp is next 
glued over the hole. The two pieces of 
paper are then pressed together by rub¬ 
bing a hard, smooth surface over them, 
and the envelope appears to be a per¬ 
fect, cut-square specimen. 

Rents are successfully mended with 
liquid glue so as to stand soaking in hot 
or cold water, and grease stains, discol¬ 
orations, etc., are removed by the appli¬ 
cation of chemicals. Stamps that have 
age stains, are, made; to look as if they, 
ware printed but yesterday. Cardboard 


proofs are also cut down to the thinness 
of ordinary paper and perforated upon 
a machine such as used in the manu¬ 
facture of the real stamps. : 

Perforating has lately become an im¬ 
portant part of the work the stamp re¬ 
pairer has* to do. Stamps off centre are 
brought to him for re-perforation, and 
also those minus a perforation on one 
or two sides, as is* the* case with some 
stamps coming from the margin of the 
sheet. Where a part of the perforation 
has been torn out of a stamp a small 
piece of perforated paper is glued on 
the back of the specimen extending over 
to the margin, to supply the place of the 
missing perforation. 

False cancellation marks also help to 
cover up any defects in a patched stamp, 
and the repairer must have several va¬ 
rieties of cancelling stamps on hand to 
use for this purpose. 

One party who-makes* it his business to 
mend postage stamps, and restore old 
engravings and manuscripts, has pub¬ 
lished a small book on stamp repairing 
in which he describes briefly his meth¬ 
od and gives prices for the various kinds 
of work, charging 25c for mounting en¬ 
velope stamps, repairing small rents, 
etc., but for “stamps expertly repaired 
so as to appear perfect and which wil/1 
stand soaking in hot water,” he charges 
$1.00. He also advertises repaired stamps 
for sale at a low price. 

The man who makes it his business to 
repair stamps is as useful to the col¬ 
lector as* the watchsmith to the man who 
carries a watch. But some of these fel¬ 
lows know too much about stamps and 
go into counterfeiting by supplying false 
surcharges upon genuine stamps, by al¬ 
tering the size of perforations and by 
placing false grills on the back of cer- 
stain stamps worth more in that condi¬ 
tion. To such an extent has this work 
been carried that one scarcely knows 
when he is* purchasing a rare stamp that 
is genuine in every respect, unless he is 
fully aware of the many tricks played 
by unscrupulous parties upon the un¬ 
wary and uses his eyes, both of them, 
before investing his* money in stamps of 
the rarer grade. 


A STAMP DEALER’S BLUNDER. 


The ignorance of the average collector 
as well as the carelessness of some deal¬ 
ers is -well illustrated by the following 
anecdote. A boy went into a stamp shop 
and paid $2 for a U. S., 1869, 15c stamp. 
When he reached home he noticed that 
the picture in the centre of the stamp 
was up-side down. The next day he re¬ 
turned his specimen and accused the 
dealer of selling him a bad specimen. 
As the stamp with the central portion 
inverted is worth $200, the dealer was 
only too glad to give him another speci¬ 
men for the one brought back and won¬ 
dered how he could have sold for $2 a 
stamp worth a hundred times that, t 
amount. 



MARKED DOWN. 


price* on nearly all our stock of 
1 L stamps have been greatly reduced, but 
we shall nevertheless continue to offer 
agents the same discount. 


ALBUM STAMPS FREE 

To EVERT COLLECTOR. 100,000 albums 
and 3 bbls. of stamps to be given away. Sen 4 
name on postal. We also give every new agent 
a beautiful, illustrated album. 50 per cent com. 
IOJ Indo-China etc., album, hinge paper, and 
eata., all for 5c. 500 games, tricks &c., and paper ^ 
mos. with stamp news, stories andpuzrles, 10c. 

Bargain Cat’s Free&XS££iM,£;: 


B ARGAINS. 50 var foreign stamps 5c. 

100 var same 10c. 200 var same 25c. 1000 
mixed foreign stamps 25c. 25 var sniUsed for¬ 
eign stamps 25c. 2c I. R. inverted, unused, 
12c. Stamps on approval at 50 p c comm. 
THOS. R. JOHNSTON, Snltsburg, Penn, 

It T1T1 Aset of 11 Hungarian, none 
Jt XlfXUXif Of present issue, if you send 
for our app books at 60* p c com. and agree to* 
purchase 25c net from same. Apply with 
reference. UNION STAMP EXCHANGE, 
Willimantic, Conn. 


in So. Afr. Rep. and O. P. State, only 16c. 
1(1 50 fine British Colonials only 25c. 

IU Emerald S ta mp Co ,Box 3 8 y , Afto n, N. Y. 

Cnufl for my approval sheets of foreign 
OCIIU stamps at 50 p c. Better ones at 33| p 
c. U. S. stamps at25pc and net prices. 10 
Columbian envel, used, 20c each. 50 Colum¬ 
bian unused, each 70c. Postage extra. 
FREDERIC GARRISON, Peekskill, N. Y. 
mixed foreign stps,pocket album and stamp 
collect’r.iac.Col’bn StpCo,Arlingtor»,Mass. 


300 


F ANCIER’S Supplies; 9 books on pigeons, 
dogs, poultry, rabbits, birds, pets etc. Ped¬ 
igree blanks &cata. F. L. Hooper, Balt’o, Md. 


U S. ’98 Doc. Rev., 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 10, 25, 50c 
■ and $1, only 10c. $3 doc. 10c. $5, only 

20c. 100 diff U. S. and foreign only 10c. Every 
4th order gets a £c stamp free. Postage extra. 
American Stamp Co., So. Whitley, Indiana I 


QAA ALL DIFFERENT STAMPSOffen 

Hf Kvery continent represented. 

100 var foreign 10c. 50 var. U. S. 15c. Selec¬ 
tions on approval. Reference required. 

NORTH SHORE STAMP CO., 
Beverley, _Mau. 


12 CENTS PER LOT 


jo var foreign, catalogued $1.00 

20 fine “ “ .50 

10 var U. S. “ .30 

2 fine stamps “ .50 

2 U. S. stamps “ .40 

200 Superior hinges .oy 


Total 2.75 

The above lot for 12 cts or 5 for 50c. App’l sheets 
50 p c com. H. D. Powers & Co., Charlotte, Mich. 


10 cent PROPRIETARY 



Selected 

Single copy 

45 c 

Block of 4 

1.60 
32 page 


copies. 

300 var. foreign .75 
500 “ “ 1.50 

1000 va. “ 6.50 
ist free. 


H. F. Dunkhorst 


1005 7th St., N.W., 
Washington, DC. 


U 1 hy not get a big mail free? Foreign stamps 
cat $1 free: Stp scale 10c, 1000hinges 10c, sc 
die A, 10 U. S. worth 10c, 25 dif foreign valued at 
25c, 5 sheets 5c, and your name in our Philatelic 
Directory which covers the entire continent. All a. 
bove 27c. Star Stp Co.. 9 Bridgham St., Prov. R.I 

AGENTS MAKE MONEY lian- 


dling our sheets. Many say they are the best 
they ever handled. We are still giving frefc 
a set of 3 fine unused Cuban stamps to new 
agents. Send for a trial lot of our NEW 
Approval Sheets to-day. It will pay 
you. 50 p c commission. New Zeal’d, just out 
a pretty set of 3 only 3c. 500 hinges 5c. 

A BETTER GRADE OF STAMPS FOR 
MORE ADVANCED COLLECTORS. 

DALE STAMP CO., i°»,™ * A « 


STAMPS ON 
-3* APPROVAL. 


Prices below Scott’s 1900 cat. and 50 per 
cent commission allowed. 

1000 Continentals 20c. 

10 Confederate or Broken Bank bills for 25c. 
10 old U. S. or 10 scarce foreign coins 25c. 

Wm. P. Brown, 11 Park Row,N.Y. 


Mbntibn the Realm when answering advs. 














































































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9 


THE REALM ^5°^^ 

S33SE5SC02Cr 



Written for The Youth’s Realm. 

STAMP DEALERS. 


An indication of the extent to which 
the “stamp craze” has been spreadirg 
during the past six months is in the 
number of firms which have recently 
gone into the stamp business, and in 
the total number of those at present en¬ 
gaged in selling- stamps, which is larger 
today than it has ever been im the past. 

A few months ago w r e started a list of 
the names of parties in the United States 
and Canada who advertised, in any of 
the juvenile or philatelic papers, stamps 
for sale. To this list we have added 
monthly new names until we now have 
no less than 1000 names of compar Ls 
and individuals who are at present deal¬ 
ing in postage stamps. The list is prob¬ 
ably the most complete one ever com¬ 
piled and represents hours of labor in 
the perusal of many hundred papers car¬ 
rying advertisements of stamps and 
philatelic supplies. It includes all the 
large firms and practically all the “small 
dealers” who have large enough stock, 
and enough business push, to induce 
them to advertise. It does not include, 
however, the stamp agent whose number 
is legion and who cannot, in the strict 
sense of the word, be called a stamp deal¬ 
er. 

This great army of 1000 dealers ar 
scattered over every section of the coun¬ 
try, and in doing business largely by 
mail, and through agents, reach col¬ 
lectors in almost every town and village 
in America, and cause Uncle Sara to 
handle from 20,000 to 50,000 letters a day 
on account of this business alone. 

Of this number of dealers “in good 
standing” about 150 live in Canada and 
about the same number in the state of 
New York, a large per cent, of the latter 
doing business in the city of New York. 
Illinois comes next with 100 dealers, and 
Massachusetts follows with 71. Penn¬ 
sylvania has 58, Ohio 42, and Michigan 
41. A number of states then have be¬ 
tween 35 and a dozen, the latter number 
just representing those way down in 
Texas. Then up in Maine we find just 
six, while out in Oregon three firms are 
able to handle all the business done in 
stamps in that section of the country. 


We illustrate one of the Aus¬ 
trian stamps with value in the 
new money mentioned in the 
last number. 

At the Brooklyn Institute ex¬ 
hibit held last month $75,000 

worth of rare stamps were exhibited. Mr. M. 
H. Lombard of Boston obtained the gold 
medal and three inferior prizes for the best 
display of stamps. 

Tobago has been constituted a ward of the 
island of Trinidad and stamps of the latter will 
hereafter be used in both islands. 



SOMETHING NEW!! 

A complete stock of stamps, containing, 

5 sheets stamps worth ic each, 1.00 

4 “ “ “ 2c “ .80 

1 lot 200 stamps for packets or sheets, 2.00 

5 blank app’l sheets, 5 packet envelopes .05 

Lot for 65 c post free. Actually worth, 3.85 
Look up our ad in Feb. and March ;still good. 

R TT 107 HIGH STREET, 

. il. .dunce, MIDDLETOWN, CT. 

1 SET 4 va Costa Rica 5c. Jd Brit Army Offl 3c 
ic 1895 Mexico 2c. 5c’95Mex2C. 50c Venez¬ 
uela 3c. Hinges 10c 1000, 22c per 3000. An un¬ 
used Porto Rican post card given with every order 
over igc. ROYAL STAMP CO., Brooklyn, Md. 

When answerinq advertisements 
please mention the Youth’s Realm 


AHEAT-PQUCET-^RMPeiSE ML>M-PR.tCtLlSI-foR-Tnt 

igo- 


lompTMi 

vSTAMPS' 


AN-OBSOLETE- ^MDIArr^^A-PGCKET- STAMP-ALBUM. 

$ i.otoM, R.5.HM.nWil9rt.C A i!^- 


T'DT , 'r t 115 different foreign stamps 
Jl JDLJ&JuI • 500 hinges and book “ Mon¬ 
ey Making Secrets” free to everybody send¬ 
ing 25 c fori vr subserip’n to DIVERSION a 
journal of miscellaneous reading and gener¬ 
al information. Sample copy & 5 S Americ’n 
stps free for postage and addresses 3 stp col¬ 
lectors. Diversion Pub. Co.,Springfield,Mass 


200 Fine Stamps, Foreign & U.S. 

containing many desirable stamps, with 50 
stamp hinges, for 10 c. Price list mailed free 
upon request. IMPERIAL STAMP COMPANY, 

1529 Jackson Ave.,_Kansas City, Mo. 

K r\/> DIFFERENT ST/* MPS ONLY 

06 U 100 diff, 9 c. 350 good mixed only 
10 c. All the above are good genuine stamps 
sent post free. Send for my fine app. sheets 
at 50 pedis. k. C. STAMP GO., 609 Com¬ 
merce Building, Kansas City, Mo. 


STAMPS. 200 Barbados, Can¬ 
ada Xmas, etc., and a Chinese coin, all for 16 c 
Approval sheets 50 p e comm. Good agents 
wntd. Hawk eye Stp Co., 116 E. Grand Ave., 
Des Moines, Iowa. _ 

Mention the Realm when answering advs. 


f HE subject of a 2c rate on 
letters transmitted to foreign 
countries has been brought 
before the post office depart¬ 
ment by members of the 
Board of Trade of N. Y., and 
the postmaster general is in 
favor of the plan and hopes 
foreign governments will co¬ 
operate with him in an attempt to establish 
the new rate. 

One of the most remarkable discover¬ 


ies, in the stamp line, of modern times 
was- that of about 100 St. Louis stamps 
which were found in a courthouse in 
Missouri. One day the porter was burn¬ 
ing up a lot of old documents when the 
stamips on several letters attracted the 
attention of a friend who was standing 
nearby. The stamps were odd looking 
and 25c was> offered the porter for the 
bunch. To make a long story short, the 
lot, after passing through two or three 
hands, sold for a sum exceeding $30,000. 


The accompanying cut illus¬ 
trates one of the new postage 
due stamps for New Zealand. 

Last year one firm in Lon¬ 
don sold 42,000 stamp albums. 

There are 75 stamp issuing 
countries in Africa alone. 



For accurate measurements of stamps 
a pair of parallel dividers measuring to 
one-thousandith of an inch has- been 
placed on the market. 

The “Illustriert&s Brief-Marken Jour¬ 
nal,” published by iSenf Bros, of Ger¬ 
many, has added a novelty in the wake 
of philatelic journalism) by including, 
alongside of reading matter, illustra¬ 
tions of postage stamps in the exact col¬ 
ors of the originals. The last number 
of the magazine received contained some 
fifty finely-executed engravings of re¬ 
cently-issued stamps, including U. S. 
colonials (which, by the way, cannot be 
reproduced in this country) and these 
were printed in five or more colors rep¬ 
resenting the stamps much better than 
could possibly be done by line drawings 
printed in black ink. 

The “Stamp King” is the title of a 
celebrated French novel which has at¬ 
tracted the attention of European col¬ 
lectors, and which has been translated 
into English by Miss E. C. Phillips and 
placed on sale here for the price of $1.50. 


F INE Premiums given for selling from 

our approval sheets; 50 to 65 p c disc’t. 

SPECIAL Packet, 25 superior stamps worth 
several times the price, 12c. A 25 c U.S stamp 
in every pck. SHERMAN Stp Co., Norwood.O 

flJ'REE, 15 foreign stamps, album, and 
IT hinges to all sending for our approval 
™ sheets at 50 p c comm. VALLEY CITY 
STAMP & COIN CO., L’d, Gd. Rapids,Mich 

THREE CENTS 

U. S. ’98 documentary revenues, ic to $1., 9 
var., ONLY 3c, and 2c for postage. Fine 
stamps on approval at 50 p c from Scott’s 59th 
cat. Reference required. 

1 R. (Breen Chicago,Ill 

J. P. S. 61. Stamp Exchange 819. 


NEWFOUNDLAND 


STAMPS USED. 

per 1 

per 12 

1880 lc Violet brown 

S 

35 

lc Grey “ 

3 

85 

2 e pale yellow gr. 6 

70 

5c light blue 

8 

90 

1887 36 rose red 

2 

20 

lc deep gr. 

2 

20 

lc grey gr. 

3 

30 

2 e orange 

2 

20 

3c umber brown 

2 

20 

5c dark blue 

3 

30 

lS90-’95 |e black 

1 

10 

3c slate 

1 

10 

3c brown lilac 

2 

22 

3c lilac 

3 

30 

1897 lc rose 

3 

35 

2 c orange 

5 

55 

IjC olive 

1 

10 

lc yellow green 

2 

13 

2 c vermilion red 

2 

13 

3c orange 

2 

15 

5c dark blue 

3 

25 

List free. Cash with order. 

Bx.461. 

HENRY F. SNOW. St. 

John’s, N. 

F., Can. 

Hawaiian 

Stamps. 

We have a very good 

stock of these and 

can supply— 



16 varieties... 



20 “ . 



25 “ .. 



J 



Each packet catalogues more than twice the 

price asked. 



We have accumulated some 

damaged 

HAWAIIAN 

STAMPS 



and will sell as long as the stock lasts. 

19 var for 40c cat. value over $2.25 

22 “ “ 75c “ “ “ 3.75 

PHILIPPINE STAMPS. 

12 ) ( 66 c only 20 

20 S a arieties cat. value < $1.43 “ 40 

50) ( 7.98 “ $2.75 

Chinese Stamps. 

25 varieties for...27c 

Guam! Guam!! 

We expect to have a full line of the new issue. 
Orders booked now. Also some on covers. Money 
refunded on anything unsatisfactory. 

Send for a selection of our Approval Sheets with 
reference. They are Unexcel led and large discount 

MAKINS & CO., 

Depot for Oriental 

506 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. 




IKfl \fn g* Foreign stamps no common 
* «l • German etc., but st’p 9 from 
> FRFF S Afr - Rep., Costa Rica, etc. 

1 r II t«- A 15c 9 tamp to each agent who 
sells 25c worth from my fine approval 
sheets. Just the kind to sell to your 
school friends. Send for some at 50 p. c. 
discount. List Fi’ee. 

W C, FinriPv 145 N.Market St., 
IVIII1ICJ, Wooster, Ohio. 


inn Staraps o£ the flner grade from Ceylon, 
*'-'^Sarawak, Eritrea, etc., only 25c post 
free. Grover Lewis, Guttenburg P. O. N. J. 


roi I FT r T 9tain P 9 from my approval 
vv/LrL<FV 1 sheets at50p. c. discount. 

C. F. Richards, 326 West 20th St , N. Y. 

Lord Baltimore Packets. 1000 va. fine $5. 1500 va. 
$12. 2500 va $30. 10 va ’98 Doc. Revs. Jc to $1 7c. 
25 va U. S. Revs, old and new iss. 12c. 20 var U. 

S. envel’s and wrappers, used, cut square, for 12c. 
31 var Italy Vic Eman and Humbert, a good set 
for 30c. Italy Valevole, set complete for 10c. Italy 
newspaper ’78, set complete 10c. Italy *90 ’91, 2 on 
5, 20 on 30, 20 on 50, set for 7c. Mexico ’87 scarlet 
set unused for 30c. Mexico ’90 set 1 to 2<, unused, 
30c. Mexico ’74-83, 4 to ioo, set of 7 used and un¬ 
used for 30c. All post free. Cash with order. 

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we have decided to give away several thousand packages 
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immediately for the same. 

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package, as follows: 

lOO Foreign Stamps, Japan, etc. 

1 Set of 8 Japanese Stamps. 

Together with all the following: 

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4 sample Blank Approval Sheets. 

Samples of new Hinge all bent. 

Jt Sample Gum Paper. 

u 'l Perforation Gauge for detecting counterfeits, 

.varieties, etc. Also millimetre scale. 

2 Illustrated Price-Lists of stamps, premiums, etc 
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Directions for obtaining the foregoing 

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eight cents (coin or stamps) for a three- 
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wrapping of samples and papers. This is 
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If you want the 10 books advertised else¬ 
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send the two 2c stamps extra for postage, 
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gifts, stating what month last subscription began. 

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NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. 

Telegraph Stamps of the 

L World is the title of a 
* new book published in 
" London and edited by 
a Walter Morley who 

claims to know all that it is possible to know 
about these interesting stamps. The book de¬ 
scribes and prices each specimen and is a most 
valuable aid to the collector of this branch of 
philately. Telegraph stamps are among the 
cheapest stamps on the market to-day, but 
prices are sure to rise because telegraph col¬ 
lectors are multiplying fast and the supply of 
stamps is likely to fall short of ttie demand. 
“Now is the acceptable time” to start a col¬ 
lection of telegraph stamps. 

Major Rathbone, in his report on Cuban 
postal affairs, recommends that 15c and 50c 
stamps be added to the current Cuban set. 

It is said that the private mark to be placed 
on current U. S. stamps will probably consist 
of a black surcharge across the stamp contain¬ 
ing name of the post office where the stamps 
are for sale. * 

The Great Barrier Island Pigeon Post stamps 
are said to have been designed, printed, perfo¬ 
rated and cancelled in Montreal, Canada. 

The “Pittsburg Leader” states that in their 
city there is an establishment equipped with 
appliances for perforating, rouletting, grilling 
and cancelling stamps, with a view to defraud¬ 
ing collectors. Forgeries are constantly being 
sent out from this headquarter, and there is 
reason to believe that many of these are sent 
to other cities. Measures are under consider¬ 
ation to put a stop to this criminal business, 
even though it should become necessary to 
procure the arrest of the delinquents. The 
stamp forger is in the same class as the forger 
of checks and bank notes, and has no more 
right to be left at large to prey upon his kind. 

About the first of May the authorities ex¬ 
pect to be able to supply postmasters with the 
books to contain 12, 24, and 48 stamps each. 



An inverted surcharged specimen of the 2c 
on 3c maple leaf Canadian stamp was found 
lately. 

The new half penny stamp 
of South Australia is illustrated 
herewith. 

Japan promises a new 3s stamp 
this month to commemorate the 
marriage of the Crown Prince. 

In a package recently received 

from Japan, containing nearly 50,000 Japan¬ 
ese stamps of several values, we found a large 
percent to be the latest issue. This is probab¬ 
ly the first large consignment of the new 
stamps received in this country. 


A GENEROUS OFFER. 


This month we make another great 
offer—I he Youth’s Realm three 
months for 8 f and a free package of 
stamps, stamp publications, etc. worth 
many times the price asked for the 
paper, thrown in as a gift, if two extra 
stamps are sent us. We do this, in the 
first place, to gain new subscribers. 
After a party lias read our paper for 
three months he wants to renew his 
subscription for twelve more months 
and thus become a permanent sub¬ 
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package of samples we send out adver¬ 
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We do not make one cent of profit on 
this twelve cent offer I11 fact we have 
thus far lost money at the start on each 
package of samples given away with 
a three month’s trial subscription. But 
our returns in the end have more than 
made up for this loss. If you arenot a 
subscriber do not fail to make use of 
our coupon at once, it will pay you from 
the start, and we will look to the future 
for our share of the profit. 



5 Rare IT. S. stamps, 5 curiosities, 1 rare old 
•coin, relic, list, and special offers, all 10c 
25 ,h 'll i 7 c. W. P. ARNOLD, Peacedale, R.I. 


IRtcbaru 1R. Brown, 

WlfflE POM SlliS. 

Key port, N. J. 


u. S. STAMPS. ^ Postage extra. 


’47 close cut 5c 

$ .40 

Columbian 

15c $ 

.IO 

Omaha 50c 

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“ IOC 

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t.Sc 

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6c 

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“ 5 C 

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“ 4c 

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.02 

’73 6c 

.04 

6 C 

3 C 

•03 

’70 2c grill 

.o 7 

’69 2C 


.oS 

P. D. ’70, sc brown.00 

Conveyance $2 

.06 

Ini. Exch. $ 1.50 

.08 

Liberty roul’d 

..09 

Telegraph ic 

.07 

Ex. 2c orange 

•03 


Henry P- Day, Box 762 , Peoria, Ill. 


F nrr If you will send the names and addres- 

IlLL ses of 5 stamp collectors I will send 
you a 6c lilac Porto Rico stamp FREE. 

E. T. PARKER, BETHLEHEM, PA. 


R UBBER STAMPS, stationary, cards, 
specialties. Price list gratis. KEY¬ 
STONE ST A Ml’ WORKS, Osceola Mills, Pa, 


STAMPS ON APPROV- 

al at 50 per cent discount. 

Hinges, the Omega, per 1000 xoc 

15 var U. S. 7 C 

500 mixed foreign I7 C 

All post paid. Price list of packets FREE. 

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Get them now. 50 per cent commission. 
SPLENDID Approval sheets. 

Sell fast. Try them. 

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CHEAP STAMPS IN SETS. 

FO R SALE BY A . BULLARD & CO. 
Postage lc ex- ] 97 Pembroke St. 

nu m be° rd A S b r BOSTON, mass. 

premium we will give 15c worth any sets below 
with each subscription to the REALM at 35c a yr. 


*MEANS UNUSED; JUSED 
AND UNUSED; THE REST ARE 
USED. 


No. 

225 

230 

235 

241 

246 

251 

255 

260 

266 

270 

276 

280 

285 

201 

296 

300 

306 

310 

316 

322 

326 

330 

335 

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346 

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390 

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421 

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511 

525 

530 

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566 

571 

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616 

621 

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635 

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645 

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661 

665 

670 

675 

681 

685 

690 

696 

700 

705 

711 

716 

720 

158 

159 

160 
161 
162 
163 
167 
171 
173 


Stamps. Price 

4 Chile 03 

5 India inclnd’g envel’s 03 

8 Mexican revenues 10 
3 Peru, 1895, bust 03 
25 Mexico 50 

3 Japan, new ssue, fine 02 
3 Cape ol Good Hope 02 
12 Australiainclud offie’l 05 
*4 Mexico, 1814 15 

*7 Honduras ’91 18 

6 Ecuador’94.... 18 

3 Bosnia. 03 

*4 Honduras 1878 lc-2r 14 

4 Argentine’ 92 03 

2 Hong Kong revs. 04 

*6 Costa Rica Official’ 89 35 

7 Porto Rico 15 

*5 Cuba, h a by h ead 04 

3 Mexico offl. seal, cat28 09 

4 Mexico 02 

6 Jamaica 08 

7 Portugal . 03 

6 Finland 04 

5 Sweden Official 04 

4 Greece .... 03 

4 N"rth Borneo large 45 

8 Argetine 05 

3 Peru 03 

4 Italy Segnatasse 04 

5 Natal 10 

18 Ecuador, 1 to 10c 25 

5 Brit. Honduras 22 

*3 Guat’la Kxpo. 2 6 10c 10 
*3Thurn & Taxis, North¬ 
ern Dist. j 1 2 k 10 

*4 Thurn & Taxis, 12 

3 Mexico, Official 04 

9 Columbian Repub. 10 

4 Brit. Honduras’ 1891-5 18 

*6 Sardinia, 03 

10 Roumania 05 

5 Columbian Repub. 05 

10 U.S.’98 De .Revs.cat.20c07 

*4 Costa Rica 1889 06 

*4 Mexico ’74-9, 09 

8 Japan .... 03 

*7 Hamburg, envelopes 10 

5 Hungary 1888 04 

*5 Servia.... 08 

*2Costa Rica 1886, envel’s 15 
*4 Venzuela 04 

10— ....5c-5b 17 

*4 Hussey’s Locals, fine 10 
14 Cuba 25 

*25-’71—’96, rare 45 

*3-’76, 77 H 

*3 -’79, 5 25 50c 07 

*3-’80,5 12J 50c 09 

*3-’81, 5 10 20c 10 

3 Italy Pos' al Packet 05 

2 Italy, provisional issue, 

20c on 30c and 60c 05 

11 Austria 1890-91 12 

*8 Samoa, complete, 13 
8 Russia 03 

4 Japan War, 1896, compl. 20 

3 Mauritius, 03 

6 Belgium Postal Packet 09 

13 Japan 5r to ly compl. 13 
*9 U. S. War Dept. 1.00 
*7 Ecuador 12 

*10 Same but including 

rare 1 P &c. 40 

*5 Guatemala Exposition 

20 

15 Jamaica 30 

*10 Cuba, 1874-81 12 

4 Brit.Guiana., Icon $ 1 . 

to $4.00 35 

7 Mexico, Numerals 07 
*7 Mexico, Porte De Mar 35 

4 Italy Official, surcharg’d 

06 

*10 Roman States 06 

*5 Same 03 

3 Gt. Braitain Official ’82 
to ’85 14 

3 Sweden ’58 06 

8 Honduras ’96,complete35 
*4 Switzerland, ’62-78 03 

3 Chilian Telegraph 03 
10 Belgium P. Packet 15 
*6 Switzerland ’62-81 05 

7 Belg. P ■ Packet 10 

3 Siam,3 12 4 on 12 15 

12 Mexico 09 

*9 Guatamala surcharge 25 

7 Spain, ’90 incl’g IP 10 

5 Mexico, ’95 05 

5 Bulgaria - 05 

*2 Honduras ’65 2rval s 06 

8 Turkey ’76-’92 06 

12Dutch Indies, fine, 25 
3 Barbados 04 

*3Honduras ’78 05 

5 Peru ’86 05 

3 --’95 arms & llama 10 

2 Centennial envs- 60 

2 Austria, 1 & 2 gulden 15 
8 U.S. Dues 30 


726 

157 

730 

736 

740 

746 

752 

776 

781 

786 

796 

800 

806 

811 

816 

821 

825 

830 

835 
840 ' 
845 
855 
86 L 
866 
871 
8"5 
881 
910 
915 
921 
925 
932 
935 
942 
945 
951 
955 
961 
966 
971 

980 

985 

991 

995 

100 

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140 

141 
112 

143 

144 

145 

146 

147 

148 
757 

149 

150 

152 
422 

153 

154 

155 

156 

168 

164 

165 

166 

169 

170 
172 


*8 Salvador 1890 30 

*4 Sierra Leone, ’87, sur¬ 
charged Revenue. ' Tl 

6 Mexico ’74-83 rare, 

*3 Corea, 25 50 100m. 

6 Bulgaria 


70 

23 

10 

08 

15 

0.1 

50 


*5 Costa Rica, off, 1 89 
3 Bavaria ’70 -73 ,3,9,10k 
8 Ecuador, 92, complete 
8 Italy, Victor Emanual, 05 

3 New Zealand, Life In 09 

20 Ecuador ’(5-’97 60 

*5 Bergedorf 08 

4 Italy, Segnatasse, blue 

12 5 101, 10 

4 Egypt 03 

2 N. S. Wales Jubilee 04 

5Belgium P.Packet 06 

*5Honduras’90, l-25c 12 

*5-’90 Official 

1 25 25 75c 11 

*3- ’91 08 


*4- 

*3- 


’91 envelope 20 

’92 . 07 

3 Chile,revenues, 1 2 5c 13 
*15 Roman States 10 

10 Interior, complete 4.55 

*3 French Guinea .... 05 

*3 - Guiana .... 05 

5 Cape Good Hope 04 

5 Chile Rev’s.,. 20 

*3 French Martinique 05 
*3 New Caledonia .... u5 

8 U. S. Columbus 20 

11 War Dept complete 4. 0 

12 Pto Rico, baby he.** d 13 

*5 Venezuela surcharg’d 09 
3 Austria 1850 03 

3 - 1858 03 

3- 1861 63 

3 - 1863. 03 

*4 Columbus envelopes 30 

13 Japan, Silver Wed¬ 
ding rare 1Y, etc. 35 

6 Roumania 1894, large, 05 

6 Same, includ’g rare 50b 08 

4 Brit. Guiana 06 

9 Brit. North Borneo 20 
11 Treasury, complete 6,65 

5 Austria, unpaid 05 

7 Peru ’94 surcharged 

with portrait, rare 40 
5 Greece, Olymp. Games 15 
5 Ecuador ’92 12 

5 Peru, unpaid, surcli’d 

in black complete 60 
*5 Honduras 1891 12 

*6 Honduras 1892 12 

3 t uba ’91-94 1 5 10 05 

4 Bolivia 1894 05 

3 Jamaica official 05 

6 Guatemala 1887-95 15 

J5 EgyptOflicial 11 

*5 Nicaragua, ’69 35 

*7 Honduras ’78 45 

*3 Reunion ’91 3 types of 

of 2c surch. 13 

*11 Honduras’90 Official 5 ) 

*4 -’90 envelopes 15 

*11 --’92 50 


5 Nicaragua 5c vals. 8 ) 

*10-’90 official 50 

*10-’91 50 

*10-’91 official 50 

4 Costa Rica ’92 08 

*10 Nicaragua ’92 official.50 

4 Justice.Tue lc is spec. 4.80 

13 Italy, .Vic. Emanuel. 20 
6 Brazil Rev’s. 07 

3 Western Australia 05 
*4 Porto Rico 03 

11 Guatemala. l.°5 

*6 Costa Rica’89official 35 
*9 Venezuela, surch’d 15 
*9 Salvador ’90 50 

*13 - ’93 1.00 

5 Porto Rico, fine 
10 - 


5 Martinique 

*4 Porto Rico, ’94 

6 Greece, Unp’d. 

*5 Nicaragua ’69 

4 Italy, offic’lno surch’d 
4 Peru . 

4 Uruguay ’94—’95 

3-’91 

20 Mexican Revenues 
8 Ecuador Revs., long, 

3 Natal 

40range Free States 

5 Spain .... 

5 Turkish Rev’s 

4 Mexico 1895 
* 4 Hamburg 

12 Brazil Rev’s. 


13 U. S. Revenues, old ..22 

5 Agriculture, l-10c 9.50 

11 Austria’90-911-50 kr, 

bargain for 10 
5Pfca ly 02 

4 Belgi m ’ 86 , 20c, 35c, 50c 
and 2 f,urare 16 

10 P. O. Dept. Compl. 7.00 
15 Spain, ’89, compl., fine 19 
4 Omahas 06 


FREE One set of io Japanese stamps free to each applicant for 
my approval sheets (at 50 p c comm) who encloses the name of one 
stamp collector. Ref nee. A. L. Wise, 1067 N. 40 Av., Chicago,Ill. 






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To wife, mother or sister of any person ad¬ 
dicted to liquor habit, sealed information of a sure 
cure sent FREE upon request. 

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Mar. 6, 1900. 

Mekeel Stamp & Pub. Oo., 

St. Louis, Mo. 

Gentlemen: 

The 800-variety packet has arriv¬ 
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satisfaction. It adds nearly 400 to my collec¬ 
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duplicates. The catalogue value of those I 
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Post free to any paTt of the U- S. or Canada. 
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